Improvement in wire fences



, atford a Apermanent tnited time @sind @man A. H. MENDELL, OF ADAMS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND WILLIAM H. H. TAYLOR, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Potent No. 93,326, dated August 3, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WIRE JE'nElNCD'lElSl The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, A. H. MENDELL, of Adams, in

the county of J efferson, and State of New York, have same. y

Similar letters of relie-ence indicate corresponding parts.

The nature of my invention consists in providing wire felices with a top rail or bar, in order to more clearly distinguish them at a distance, said rail being constructed in short sections, which are united by lapjoints. Through each of these lap-joints'I pass the tenoned head of an intermediate or sulmlementary post. These posts not only add greatly to the strength of the fence, but thc tenoned head, having cut on its surface a screw-thread by means of nuts, they also and secure attachment for each set ot'joints.v f'

My invention valso consists in securing one end of each ot' the series ot' wires intended for the span of fencing permanently to one of' the stationary posts. The other ends of these wires are passed through openings in the opposite post, and then secured to a metal plate, which is rendered adjustable by means of screws.

By this means I am enabled to tighten and slacken the wires at'pleasure, and thus preserve a uniform tension in all weather.

To enable others skilled in the art to .make and use my inventidn, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A A arcthe main or section posts, -and are planted in the ground iu the usual manner. The distance these posts are to be set apar-tis to be regulated cntircly by the length desired for the span of fencing.

Near their upper sections these posts A A are united by `a. rail or bar, BL.'-

This rail or bar Bmay be made of either Wood or metal, and is constructed in sections a a', which arc connected by lap-joints l) b, asolearly shown in lig. 1.

is a vertical transverse section of the- This rail should be of such proportions or (linnensions as to render it distinctly visible at any distance that an ordinary object can be recognized.

Through suitable openings in these lap-joints passes the tenonedl head c of the intermediate or supplemcntary post O.

This head c is provided with a sc1ew'tl1read and nut d, or other equivalent device, by means of which, not only the rail B and post O are firmly united together, but also the diii'erent sections a a of the rail itself..

l These posts C O are constructed of metal or any other suitable material. I generally use dat metal bars.

These bars may be pointed, as shown at d', fig. 1,

and are firmly driven or embedded in wood or stone blocks or slats I) D.

o c are a series of slots or openings out in the post C, and through which pass the wire rails E E.

These rails are constructed of any suitable wire, and the number used can be regulated at pleasure.

These wires are-attached in any suitable manner to thc post A.

I prefer to fasten them to the bar e, which is let into a groove on the outer face of the p ost A, as shown in tig. 1.

These wires E E are then passed in a horizontal direction through the openings o c', in the intermediate posts C C, and also in the post A.

They are then secured to a metal plate, I1, which is rendered entirely adjustable by means of screws.

Having thus fully described my invention,

lVhat I claim therein as new, and desire tov secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-fk 1. Providing a wire fence with a top rail, when the same is constructed in sections, said sections' being united by lap-joints supported and connected substantially as described.

2. The posts A A, wires E E, bar e, plate F, and screws f j, when the same are so combined and arranged as to render the wires capable of adjustment substantially as described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this day of May, 1868.

. A. H. MENDELL.

Witnesses:

ALEX. F. ROBERTS, J M. COVINGTON. 

